The NTD Supply Chain Forum—Strengthening the backbone of NTD programs

Souza, Ashley A.; Holloway, Catherine; Williams, Tijana

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008818

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“…To address some of these challenges, the NTD Supply Chain Forum was established as a public-private partnership in 2012 to serve as a common platform for engagement of supply chain experts from the WHO, pharmaceutical companies, NGOs, ministries of health and logistics providers. 16 The Forum created NTDeliver as a centralised information system for storing annual requests and shipping information related to donations in an effort to mitigate these issues. Challenges still exist; for example, as a result of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic, demand forecasting and supply chain logistics have become even more difficult in 2020, with major disruptions to planned NTD activities.…”

Section: Lessons Learned From the Medicine Donation Programmesmentioning

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Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases

Bradley¹,

Taylor

Jacobson

et al. 2021

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are targeted for global control or elimination. Recognising that the populations most in need of medicines to target NTDs are those least able to support and sustain them financially, the pharmaceutical industry created mechanisms for donating medicines and expertise to affected countries through partnerships with the WHO, development agencies, non-governmental organisations and philanthropic donors. In the last 30 y, companies have established programmes to donate 17 different medicines to overcome the burden of NTDs. Billions of tablets, capsules, intravenous and oral solutions have been donated, along with the manufacturing, supply chains and research necessary to support these efforts. Industry engagement has stimulated other donors to support NTDs with funds and oversight so that the ‘heath benefit’ return on investment in these programmes is truly a ‘best value in public health’. Many current donations are ‘open-ended’, promising support as long as necessary to achieve defined health targets. Extraordinary global health advances have been made in filariasis, onchocerciasis, trachoma, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, intestinal parasites and others; and these advances are taking place in the context of strengthening health systems and meeting the global development goals espoused by the WHO. The pharmaceutical manufacturers, already strong collaborators in initiating or supporting these disease-targeted programmes, have committed to continuing their partnership roles in striving to meet the targets of the WHO's new NTD roadmap to 2030.

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Section: Lessons Learned From the Medicine Donation Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases

Bradley¹,

Taylor

Jacobson

et al. 2021

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…donor organizations, ministries of health, and logistics providers [3]. Subsequently to the formation of this forum, "NTDeliver," a centralized information system, was launched in 2016 by the NTD Supply Chain Forum to share data from various partners along supply process chain as means of facilitating performance information sharing [8].…”

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Improving timeliness in the neglected tropical diseases preventive chemotherapy donation supply chain through information sharing: A retrospective empirical analysis

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Background Billions of doses of medicines are donated for mass drug administrations in support of the World Health Organization’s “Roadmap to Implementation,” which aims to control, eliminate, and eradicate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The supply chain to deliver these medicines is complex, with fragmented data systems and limited visibility on performance. This study empirically evaluates the impact of an online supply chain performance measurement system, “NTDeliver,” providing understanding of the value of information sharing towards the success of global health programs. Methods Retrospective secondary data were extracted from NTDeliver, which included 1,484 shipments for four critical medicines ordered by over 100 countries between February 28, 2006 and December 31, 2018. We applied statistical regression models to analyze the impact on key performance metrics, comparing data before and after the system was implemented. Findings The results suggest information sharing has a positive association with improvement for two key performance indicators: purchase order timeliness (β = 0.941, p = 0.003) and—most importantly—delivery timeliness (β = 0.828, p = 0.027). There is a positive association with improvement for three variables when the data are publicly shared: shipment timeliness (β = 2.57, p = 0.001), arrival timeliness (β = 2.88, p = 0.003), and delivery timeliness (β = 2.82, p = 0.011). Conclusions Our findings suggest that information sharing between the NTD program partners via the NTDeliver system has a positive association with supply chain performance improvements, especially when data are shared publicly. Given the large volume of medicine and the significant number of people requiring these medicines, information sharing has the potential to provide improvements to global health programs affecting the health of tens to hundreds of millions of people.

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“…Furthermore, the role of the forum and its resilience have been tested and affirmed most recently during the unprecedented times of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. 5 …”

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Building supply chain capacity for neglected tropical diseases: experience from the Ascend West and Central Africa programme

Linaza

Garner

Genovezos

2021

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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The Ascend West and Central Africa programme, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is supporting integrated preventative chemotherapy for up to five neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including intestinal worms, lymphatic filariasis, river blindness, trachoma and schistosomiasis. The programme is implemented across 13 countries by a consortium of four leading international development partners: Sightsavers, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Foundation and Mott Macdonald. This paper presents messages learnt from country assessments that took place prior to the global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These messages remain relevant post-COVID-19, with greater priority being given to the challenges for national NTD programmes in continuing to deliver mass drug administration (MDA) during the pandemic. Stakeholder coordination from the earliest stages of the pandemic has occurred at two levels: in the first mile with global partners of the NTD Supply Chain Forum and in the last mile with implementing partners in each country. This has been instrumental to manage delayed MDA, including the impact delays have on the shipment of NTD donated drugs and the distribution of stock held in country. The Ascend West and Central Africa programme is supporting countries with the resumption of MDA through a risk assessment and mitigation action (RAMA) process.

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The NTD Supply Chain Forum—Strengthening the backbone of NTD programs

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases

Medicine donation programmes supporting the global drive to end the burden of neglected tropical diseases

Improving timeliness in the neglected tropical diseases preventive chemotherapy donation supply chain through information sharing: A retrospective empirical analysis

Building supply chain capacity for neglected tropical diseases: experience from the Ascend West and Central Africa programme

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